MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s commonly accepted that the roots of rock and roll go back about 170 years to the beginnings of boogie woogie music. And that music began in East Texas along the railroad.

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s about time to boogie. We’re not talking about leaving, we’re talking about Boogie Woogie 2025 coming up Friday and Saturday in Marshall. And this is the first time the ...

You’ve probably heard of boogie woogie. Its distinctive bass riffs pop up in Lead Belly’s guitar playing, Elvis Presley’s version of Otis Blackwell’s “All ...

The Andrews Sisters recorded “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” on Jan. 2, 1941 — 85 years ago next Friday. Featured in the Abbott and Costello movie “Buck Privates,” the performance would become one of the ...

Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Their sweet harmonies are instantly recognizable, sparkling along with the sleigh bell sounds of some of the most enduring tunes of Christmas, but the Andrews Sisters may be lesser known among the ...

At the great monastery of El Escorial near Madrid, in the mid-1700s, a young Spanish priest named Antonio Soler used to teach music to His Most Serene Highness the Infante of Spain, Don Gabriel de ...

Ezra Charles: King of Texas-Style Piano Credit: Photo by Pin Lim, courtesy of Ezra Charles This showbiz cliche has been heard so often it’s lost its relevance until times like these, but the show must ...

MARSHALL — An East Texas contribution to the world of music is official now, and boogie-woogie can forever be a claim to fame for Marshall. The Harrison County Historical Commission unveiled a ...

One look at their pin curls, painted red lips and A-line dresses in patriotic hues, and you’re instantly transported back to the 1940s. But then you hear the Blue Anchor Belles sing. Just a few notes, ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Muskegon's own Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was posthumously honored on Saturday with the unveiling of a sculpture at a Muskegon veterans museum. The unveiling and dedication of the ...